Effectiveness and Adverse Effects of Risperidone in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Naturalistic Clinical Setting at a University Hospital in Oman

Table 4

Mean CGI-I score of children with an autism spectrum disorder in the 12 months’ postinitiation of treatment with risperidone, as compared to baseline.

CGI-I scores	Mean (SD)	Paired t-test value
Mean CGI-I scores at the start of treatment	2.11 (0.75)
Mean CGI-I scores at 12 after treatment	3.85 (0.36)
Change in the mean CGI-I scores after 12 months of treatment	−1.75 (0.90)	0.001